Jun 29, 2022 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts
By Dr. Michael Payne, UC Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine; Director, CDQAP A previous CMAB survey suggested at least half of California’s dairies have experienced some form of rural crime, including theft, trespass, vandalism, illegal dumping, clandestine...
Jun 3, 2022 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, Quality Assurance Update
Register now for June 8th webinar at 10 am By Dr. Michael Payne, UC Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine; Director, CDQAP With equipment theft, activist trespass and even recent armed robbery of employees in the news, there is no shortage of dairy security issues to...
Jun 3, 2022 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, Quality Assurance Update
By Deanne Meyer, Ph.D., Livestock Waste Management Specialist, Department of Animal Science, UC Davis and UC ANR, dmeyer@ucdavis.edu The drought monitor map has much of California maroon again. It’s important to make every drop of water count. When you think of your...
May 11, 2022 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, Quality Assurance Update
Here are three things you can do today to protect your employees… By Dr. Michael Payne, UC Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine; Director, CDQAP A particularly concerning crime trend for producers is the apparent increasing frequency of armed robbery of dairy...
Feb 8, 2022 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, Quality Assurance Update
By Dr. Michael Payne, UC Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine; Director, CDQAP The federal Food and Drug Administration is poised to require nation-wide veterinary oversight of the use of medically important antibiotics in all livestock. The new requirement will be...
Jan 11, 2022 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, Quality Assurance Update
CDQAP 2021: Year in Review The new year is off to a fast start, and similar to you and your dairy staff, CDQAP adapted to the changing needs of the COVID-19 pandemic. In spite of the ever-changing requirements associated with COVID-19 CDQAP continued to support our...